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L. Paxon: “I love being a legislator because we are part of a team and it is fun and it is exciting and we get to know a lot of…”

On the recordOctober 13, 1998
I love being a legislator because we are part of a team and it is fun and it is exciting and we get to know a lot of folks and we get to work with a lot of folks, but we move right on. When we move right on, someone else comes in right behind us. There is seamless transition in these bodies. We are gone and forgotten very quickly. So I appreciate the fact that my colleagues are doing this. But also I tried to avoid this because I really do believe that we need to look to the next person coming in; certainly celebrate the good times we have had and the enjoyable times and things we have been able to do, but to look down the road to the next folks. That is what I have enjoyed about this body a lot, is the next group and the next group coming in to regenerate the institution.
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L. Paxon
Republican · New York
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Reflecting on his legislative career and the importance of transition in Congress.

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